“Mental Krupuk”

Krupuk’s are the delicious Indonesian snacks that can be enjoyed on their own or used as an accompaniment to a meal.  They come in all shapes and sizes.  Fried into puffs that in their texture sort of resemble a Cheeto, they are crispy and crackly when eaten on their own, but become wilted and mushy within seconds of being dunked into soup or stew, soaking up the liquid like a sponge.  Hence the Indonesian colloquial phrase, “mental krupuk” or cracker brain, someone who arrogantly talks the talk but like a big wuss can’t walk the walk.